Can you keep chickens in Township of Alloway, NJ?
Yes in most zones. Alloway allows general purpose agriculture, which includes raising poultry, in the A, RR, LR and MR districts; in LR and MR, farm animals must be kept 150 feet from property lines.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | No stated limit |
| Roosters | Not specified |
| Permit | Not specified |
| Coop setback | 150 ft from property lines (LR and MR districts) |
| Lot size | No minimum stated |
| Ducks | Not addressed in the code |
Good to know
- General purpose agriculture is defined to include raising livestock and poultry.
- The HR district excludes general purpose agriculture except as a conditional use on parcels over 10 acres.
- Poultry and turkey farms need Planning Board site plan approval and are limited to the A and RR districts (§ 75-56).
- The Animals chapter and Dogs and Animal Nuisances chapter have no poultry rules.
What about ducks?
Probably treated like chickens, since Alloway allows general purpose agriculture that includes poultry in the A, RR, LR and MR districts, but the code never defines poultry or mentions ducks. Confirm with the township.
Ch. 75, Schedule of District Regulations (§ 75-32): "No farm animals, manure or fertilizer may be kept nearer than 150 feet to a property line." Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Township of Alloway?
Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Salem County and all of New Jersey, sized to your flock and built to your town's rules.
In an HOA? The town allowing hens is not the same as your association allowing them. What an HOA can and cannot stop.
New to this? Start with how to raise chickens in NJ, or what a coop costs.
Chicken rules in nearby Salem County towns
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